Interactive Boards in Social Studies

In my Classroom

Notes

• Write on board - can use notebook paper or solid color - change color of background
• PowerPoint Presentations - run and alter - add notes as you go
• Graphic Organizers / Thinking Maps - part of gallery

Activities

• Maps
  • Label maps
  • Map games
    • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
    • Label Europe Map
    • Owl and Mouse >>>
    • Maps.com
    • Continents and Oceans
• Interactive animations - students love the chance to come to board and write/click
  • Interactive Websites
  • Death in Rome
• Review Games
  • Jeopardy
    • http://jeopardylabs.com/
    • make on PowerPoint game
  • Bowling, darts, and dice - score after answering a question correctly

Interactive Tools

• Graphic Organizers
• Make review games - wish my board had this
• Make lessons in Smartboard software
• Insert Images and videos into lessons or presentations
• Timeline Maker and Timeline Reveal
• Curtain - uncover notes/work as you teach

6th Grade
BBC Animations
History Games and Animations
Roman Mosaic

7th Grade
Australian History
Australian History 2
Australian Political Cartoon
National Museum of Australia
Mummification
Thumb Piano - Africa

8th
History Games and Animations
Lewis and Clark
Jamestown Adventure

All
Create a Country
FFFBI Missions